Adrian Leason was one of the three ploughshares activists acquitted by a jury recently in the Waihopi Spy base story. Following the verdict, Leason summed up what has been a long and proud history of non-violent direct action in New Zealand: Read more >

The NZ economy is founded on a clean, green reputation, yet Prime Minister John Key and his National Government is seriously endangering that reputation. Firstly by increasing NZ's catch quota of critically endangered bluefin tuna, then by supportin... Read more >

Remember the good old days when we tried to save the whales? Well those days are back, and there's a shirt to prove it. While the whales have never been completely safe there has, at least, been a moratorium on commercial whaling since 1986. But no... Read more >

There was a brilliant cartoon in the Weekend Herald just gone. It showed New Zealand’s conservation lands as a young damsel, dressed up in a pretty green frock and bonnet. And nearby, a lecherous, plump Gerry Brownlee, ensuring her: “there’s no reason... Read more >